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Section 32, 640 acres : Sept. 5 and Nov. 3, 1834, Ogden Clark, of Oakland Co., Mich., 120 acres ; Oet. 8, 1835, Samuel Clark, Jr., of the same county, 40 acres ; Decem- ber 7th, John McCormick, of this county, 40 acres ; De- cember 22d, Jobn Pratt, of this county, 40 acres ; Feb. 9, 1836, Charles M. Bull, of Wayne Co, Mich., 80 acres; February 20th, Asa Spencer, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres; February 26th, Benjamin G. Barker, of Wayne Co., Mich., 120 acres.
Section 34, 640 acres : Nov. 27, 1835, Nathan Herrick, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres; March 5, 1836, George W. Keeney, 80 acres ; May 21st, Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, of the State of New York, 80 acres.
Section 35, 640 acres : April 1, 1836, Bushnell Andrews, of Wayne Co., Mich., SO acres ; July 11th, Herman Camp, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 240 acres; September 14th, Charles Wright, of this county, 160 acres.
Section 36, 640 acres : June 21, 1836, Samuel Bassett, of Oakland Co., Mich., 320 acres.
From this list we are able to trace the tide of immigration in its force and progress. In 1833 a little more than 1200 aeres was taken up; in 1834, a little more than 1500 acres ; in 1835, almost 4000 acres; and in 4836, when the grand rush came, and the tide of immigration was at its flood, over 15,000 acres were entered.
As showing the names of others of the pioneers, and also their comparative wealth at that time, we give the fol- lowing copy of the roll of resident tax-payers for the year 18.14.
Names of Taxpayers.
No. of Section.
No. of Acres.
Amount of Tax.
James Abram.
5
SO
$3.59
Nicholas Abram ..
5
SO
3.24
Bushnell Andrews.
29 and 30.
165
9.01
llervey Andrews.
32 and 33
158
7.13
William Algate ..
20
60
2.25
Josiah W. Begole.
10
160
6.86
Abraham Bodinc.
3
145
10.02
David Brown ...
34
80
2.18
Timothy Boies.
39
51
2.80
Luman Beach.
Personal
.37
Ogden Clark
200
5.19
Ogden Clark (administra-
tor, etc.)
34 and 35.
100
4.49
Moses Camp
19
107
6,17
Nelson HI. Chittenden.
20)
5.51
Nonh Chittenden
21
47
1.91
Norman Conc.
20
6.27
Francis ('one.
20
3.93
Charles R. Cooley.
IS
4.96
William Chamberlin.
28, 29, and 30.
250
0.80
Widow Cawden ..
40
1.2.4
Samuel Devinny.
1
SO
2.86
Widow Daly
IS
40
1.90
Jacob Demerec.
21
40
1.40
Benjamin A. Fay
20 and 21
12
7.58
5
SU
$3.12
Bradford P. Foster. 10
160
8.90
Daniel Foot
3.1
40
1.64
Isaac N. Robinson
19
107
6.05
- Fitch
240
5.99
Loronzo Gere ..
32
52
2.52
Elisha Galpin ..
20
43
5.70
Chester Goodale. 9
SO
4,07
Patrick Gribben
40
1.05
William Hughes.
18
40
2.65
A. H. llart ...
7
150
9.07
Waldo Howard
4
4.33
Simeon Howard.
4
95
2.59
Henry D. Hunt.
8
SO
4.26
Georgo Hovey.
SO
1.99
Wright J. Horton
19
120
5.21
John Imric ..
6
80
2.93
L. G. Jones.
28 and 33
440
18.72
Merritt Johnsoo, 29
9.99
Gardner Kellogg.
16 and 20.
120
4.91
M. S. Kellogg. 21
87
2.85
Walter Kittredgo
17
4.46
Chester McComb.
9
40
1.77
John Martin
19
5.63
David Mather ... 31
4,51
J. D. Morehouso. 20
27
1.17
Macy.
10, 11, 12, 13, and 15 ..
769
21.93
Lyman Oaks.
28
160
4.70
Russel S. Parker.
17
100
3.49
Sarah Parker
40
1.37
A. B. Parker
160
6.95
Peabody Pratt.
19
146
10.17
William Palethorpe.
6
19
.5.1
David Powell.
33
44
1,39
Benjamin F. Robinson ...
17
SO
4,57
Jairus Robinson.
17
72
2.94
John Rose.
80
2.46
Howland Russell
Personal
.6.
Joseph Simons
40
1.87
Charles D. Seymour.
4 aud 5.
140
3.93
Asher Simons
5
20
.50
D. Il. Seeley
3
160
S.73
Orrin Seeley.
9
40
1.69
C. B. Seeley.
6
75
3.33
Stillman Stanley.
40
2.14
Sherman Stanley
210
12.35
Weed H. Stevens.
4 and S.
100
3.64
Ezra Stevens
9
17
Ralsa W. Stevens.
()
23
1.29
Seth Stevens ..
S
10
.25
Polly Snyder ...
S
SO
3.34
Raosom Stewart
SO
3.38
Lewis Stevens.
20
20
.50
Albert T. Stevens
17
40
1.62
Simon Smith,
Personal
...
.37
Charles Toogood.
20
1.12
Edward Taylor
313
8.67
John E. Uuton.
S
3.87
Polly Van Riper.
8
40
.75
Abraham Voorhees
Franklin Vintou.
34
40
1.25
Loren Williams
3
19 and 20.
90
5.80
A. E. Wilcox 20
5.5
2.49
Harvey Wilcox
20
60
1.50
Chauncey Wisner.
SO
3.03
John Woolfitt.
18
60
3.37
REMINISCENCES.
The first saw-mill in the town was built by Mr. Harger. Benjamin Pearson, familiarly called " Uncle Ben," was in- terested in it to some extent either at the time of building or soon after. It was probably built in the summer of 1834. The power was furnished by Kearsley Creek, which was dammed for that purpose about one hundred rods above its junction with the river. The mill was not very large, having a capacity of about 2000 feet per day, but it never- theless furnished lumber for many of the pioneer houses in the northern towns of the county.
A second mill was built on the Kearsley, in 1836, by the Joneses. It was known as the Jones mill, and was about a
Names of Taxpayers. No. of Section.
No. of Acres,
Amount of Tax.
Robert Ferguson
3.12
Brown & Dickinson. 31
6.08
Orson Bingham .31
Richard Bush.
...
.25
Peter Snyder ..
30
108
18.54
D. M. Seymour
3.56
John C. Russell.
160
3.99
Reuben McCreery
9
Sand 9,
15, 21 and 28
3
1,50
2.76
Reuben Wetherell.
WHITMAN F. CLAPP.
MRS. WHITMAN F. CLAPP
BENONI CLAPP.
RESIDENCE OF WHITMAN F. CLAPP, GENESEE, GENESEE CO., MICH.
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mile above the first, or Ilarger, mill. The builders of this mill had considerable trouble to get a dam that would stand the pressure of the water and the thumps given it by the floating logs that filled the stream during certain seasons of high water.
A third mill was built on the Kearsley, in 1837, by Og- den Clark. It was on section 34, and on the site at present occupied by Pettis' grist-mill.
The fourth saw-mill was built on the Flint River, near the west line of section 11, at Geneseeville. It was built by Lot Clark and Stephen Warren, who purchased the site of the government, and also procured a charter granting them the privilege of damming the river for the purpose of fur- nishing a mill-power. The property was by them trans- ferred to Reuben MeCreery, Oct. 6, 1847. McCreery sold one-half of his interest to Simon King, April 24, 1848, and in 1849 they built the first grist-mill in town. By deed dated June 14, 1861, King reconveyed to McCreery his half- interest, and on June 13, 1865, he sold to Drake & Bing- ham (Hastings E. Drake and Samuel Bingham). They ran the grist-mill four years, and then sold to William E. Alexander, Dee. 29, 1869. Alexander sold to the present owner, Isaac O. Rogers, July 1, 1872. From 1872 to 1874, George W. Lissett owned a half-interest in the property. These have been the owners of the grist-mill. A second saw-mill was built by McCreery & King, in 1853, and this was subsequently owned by William Throop, who sold to William Hovey, who was the owner when, in 1878, it was dismantled and torn down. At this time his right in the water-power was sold to Dyer Ainsworth, who transferred it to Mr. Isaac O. Rogers. The grist-mill is still in opera- tion, converting the product of the farmer's field into the white dust which is so necessary to the existence as well as happiness of civilized man. It is still in its original form, none other than ordinary repairs having been made, and is one of the landmarks of the section. Its dimensions are 40 by 50 feet, with 30-foot posts, giving two and a half stories in height above the basement. The power is applied to the three run of stones and other machinery by means of four iron turbine water-wheels, of the Walker pattern, cach of which is four feet in diameter and two feet deep. The dam is nearly forty rods in length, and affords a head of water of about six feet. The capacity of the mill is about 100 barrels of flour per day. During the past year it has done but little work aside from custom grinding.
At first the pioneers had no bridges across the river, and had to ford it when business or pleasure necessitated their crossing it. But this state of affairs could not long exist among so stirring and progressive a people as those who had undertaken to bring order out of the chaotic wilder- ness and replace the trees of the gloomy forest with smiling roof-trees, whose cheering welcomes should ever gladden the hearts of their inmates as well as of the stranger who should be fortunate enough to find a temporary resting-place be- neath their beneficent shadows. The project of bridging the turbulent waters of the Flint was often and thoroughly discussed, and in 1843 or 1844 the work was undertaken. The place chosen was that on section 32, below the mouth of the Kearsley where " the Oliver road" crossed. The work was done under the supervision of Joseph Smith, -
not by any means the redoubtable apostle of Mormonism, but a much more honorable, upright, and exemplary citizen, -and the necessary materials and labor were furnished or paid for by the voluntary contributions of the citizens. There is not at present any bridge at this point. The see- ond bridge was located at, or a little west of, the corners of scetions 10, 11, 14, and 15, and was built under the super- vision of Reuben McCreery. It was rebuilt in 1875, and is now the only bridge across Flint River in this town. A third bridge, called " the Fay Bridge," was built about 1860 at the southwest corner of section 21. After being in use about nine years it was abandoned,
Though the woods were frequently filled with wandering Indians, these aborigines had no village or special camping- place within the limits of this town. The most prominent, and perhaps the only real, trace of their former residence here, is found in the northwestern part of section 12, where a ridge of land, running from the river-bank northward until it crosses the railroad, bears indisputable evidence of onee having been used as a burial-ground. The soil is sandy and dry,-facts that account for its selection for this pur- pose, as the Indians, having only the rudest kind of im- plements for excavating purposes, naturally selected places where the soil was light, loose, and easily worked. At the time the Flint River Railroad was built a eut was made through the northern part of this ridge, and while working this eut the workmen discovered human bones, which led to further explorations and further discoveries.
Probably the first white person born in the town of Gen- esec was Damon Stewart, a son of Addison and Lucy Stewart, who was born on the 5th of February, 1834. We say probably, because Edward, a son of Luman Beach, was also born in the same month, and we have no means of knowing the exact date of his birth. He removed to Wis- consin with his parents, was married there, and died without issue. Damon Stewart lived on the farm until his parents removed to Flint, in 1843, when he went to that place with them. Ile studied in the common schools till the death of his father ; soon after which event, at the age of fifteen, he commeneed life for himself by working as a clerk in the " Scotch store." At the breaking out of the Rebellion he eulisted as a member of the Flint Union Grays, and was a member of the 2d Michigan Infantry. At the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, he was wounded, and, before returning to the field after his recovery, received an adju- tant's commission in the 23d Michigan Infantry, being mus- tered in as captain of Company K. After serving till the close of the war, he returned to Flint, where he has most of the time since been engaged in the mercantile business. Oct. 23, 1868, he was married to Miss Frances N. McQuigg, by whom he has a family of two sons and three daughters.
The first marriage among the pioneers occurred in the fall of 1838, when Heury Cadwell and Ann M. Stanley, a daughter of Sherman Stanley, were united in the silken bonds of matrimony. They lived in this town for a time, and then removed to Flint. Mr. Cadwell died in Detroit about ten years after his marriage. Mrs. Cadwell, now Mrs. G. V. S. Youngs, is living in the village of Mount Morris.
During this same fall the first death occurred among the
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settlers. Weed II. Stevens' little two-year-old daughter, Abigail, while playing about the house found a serew, which, child like, she put into her mouth. By some means it got into her throat, and in spite of all efforts to relieve her choked her to death. She was buried in the woods on the farm of Sherman Stanley. The grave has long since subsided to the level of the surrounding surface and no trace of it remains, and, stranger than all, its location even is now unknown. The first death of an adult was that of Eliza Buckingham, wife of Isaac N. Robinson, who died Feb. 23, 1839. ITer death resulted from disease of the heart, and, though not unexpected, was very sudden.
The people who formed the population of the Coldwater settlement were intelligent and progressive to a degree that insured the prompt establishing of schools for the education of their children. The first school was kept at the house of Lewis Buckingham by Miss Sarah Curtis, a sister of Daniel Curtis. It was as early as the winter of 1835-36, and possibly a year earlier than that. There were some eight or ten scholars, and one room of the house was set apart for their sole use. Miss Elizabeth Pratt, a daughter of Peabody Pratt, subsequently kept a school in the neigh- borhood, and not long after-probably in 1836-37-a school district was organized and a school-house built on section 31. Miss Harriet Iloyes taught the first school in that house. In 1837-38 a log school-house was built on the north line of seetion 16, near the quarter-stake. It was a small affair, probably not larger than 14 by 18 feet. The first term of school was kept by Miss Delia Fish, a daughter of Dr. George W. Fish, of Flint, and the school numbered about a dozen scholars. The board of school inspectors met at the town clerk's office, Sept. 22, 1838, and divided the town into five school districts. The num- ber of children of school age was as follows: Distriet No. 1,28; No. 2, 30; No. 4, 19; and No. 5, 14.
At the present time there are eight school districts in the town, three of them (Nos. 1, 3, and 11) being frac- tional. There are nine frame school-houses, District No. 3-Genesee and Mount Morris-having two, and their ag- gregate value is $6000. The school at Mount Morris village is the only graded school in the town. During the year ending Sept. 30, 1878, 8 male and 11 female teachers were employed, teaching an aggregate of 77 months. The sum of $1360.56 was raised by tax. $1112.25 was paid to male teachers, $1046 to female teachers, and an aggregate amount of $3291.06 was expended for all school purposes.
The first blacksmith in town was probably Washington Todd, who worked at Geneseeville when the mill was being built.
The first burial-ground opened in Genesee was purchased by the town from John E. Upton, in 1840 or 1841. The first person buried there was Horace Freeman, whose death resulted from an accident. He was going to Flint with D. II. Seeley, and, while riding along near what was known as the Beecher school-house, a tree in which the fire had been working fell on them. Freeman was badly erushed and lived but a few hours, and Seeley had a leg broken by the falling tree-top. This burial-ground has always gone by the name of the Upton ground. It was purchased at the petition of the citizens in the northeast part of the town,
and consisted of one acre of ground on the south part of the southwest quarter of section 3. It was to be cleared and surrounded by a board fenec, and cost the town $50.
The township had in 1839 purchased an acre of ground of Daniel Curtis, and in 18-10 had it fenced and graded, making its total cost about $60. This, being in the pres- ent town of Mount Morris, is not accounted as first in this sketch.
CIVIL AND POLITICAL.
As originally organized in 1838, this town comprised, in addition to its present territory, the east half of the present township of Mount Morris. This arrangement continued until the year 1855, when the town of Mount Morris was organized.
Of the steps preparatory to the formation of the town, the conferring upon it of a name, and other interesting de- tails we have no record from which to glean the facts, and are consequently debarred from giving to them the prom- inence they rightfully deserve.
The first town-meeting was held in what is now the town of Mount Morris, at the Coldwater settlement. Juba Barrows' house was the place of meeting, and the following copy of the record will show better than we can otherwise describe what business was there transacted. The record reads as follows :
" Record of the proceedings of the first Town-meeting held in the town of Genesee, County of Genesce, and State of Michigan :
" The Electors of said Town assembled at the house of Juba Bar- rows, in said Town, on Mon lay, the second day of April, 1838, and organized by Choosing Chas. N. Beecher Moderator. A. If. Ifart was chosen Clerk. Peabody Pratt, Daniel Curtis, and Bushnell An- drews were chosen inspectors. The above-named persous being duly sworn anl qualified, and having selected Elsworth Walkley and Jo- siab Begole ns clerks of election, and being given that the poles wero open, proceeded to receive votes for town officers for the ensning year ; and npon canvassing the Votes it was assertained that the following persons were duly elected to the several offices set oposite their re- spective names, to wit: John Pratt, Supervisor. Chas. N. Beccher, Town Clerk. Addison Stewart, Daniet Curtis, A. II. Hart, Assessors. Addison Stewart, Juba Barrows, I. N. Robinson, Schoot Inspectors. Sherman Stanley, Bushnell Andrews, Alanson Dickinson, Commish- ioners of llighways. A. Il. Hart, Jeremy Hitchcock, C. N. Beccher, Asa Spencer, Justices of the Peaco. L. G. Buckingham, Collector. L. G. Buckingham, Frederick Walker, Albeit T. Stevens, G. L. Jones, Constables. John Martin, Peabody Pratt, Directors of the Pour. Road District No. 1, B. Piersons; No. 2, N. Cone; No. 3, Wm. Thayer; No. 4, Sherman Stanley ; No. 5, J. Hitchcock ; No. 6, Win. Tillori ; No. 7, Samuel Clark, Jr.,-Overseers of Highways.
" The following bye Laws were proposed & adopted, to wit :
"ARTICLE IST. The compensation of all Town officers Shal be fifty cents pr day in addition to what was before prescribed by the Statute Law.
" ART. 2D. the over Seers of llighways shall act as fence-viewers & pound-masters.
"ART. 3D. a fence four & a half feet high shall be considered a lawful fence.
"ART. 4TH. No pigs or swine of Less weight than Twenty-fivo pounds shall be free commoners.
" A vote was taken and carried to Raise fifty Dollars for the benefit of the Town poor.
"It was also voted that the next Town-meeting be holden at the school House in District No. two, near I. N. Robinson's, in said town of Genesee.
" A. HI. HLAAT, Clerk. " C. N. BEECHER, Moderator."
Then follows a paragraph telling how the justices of the peace drew for the respective terms of one, two, three, and four years :
H. D. HUNT.
MRS .H. D. HUNT.
HENRY D. HUNT.
THIS gentleman, whose name and history is promi- nently associated with the township of Genesee, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 2, 1812. He was the son of Humphrey and Margaret (Moore) Hunt, who had a family of thirteen children,-seven boys and six girls,-all of whom, with the exception of Henry D., are now deceased. The elder Hunt was a native of Ver- mont. He was a farmer by occupation, and at the age of seventeen entered the Continental army as a private soldier. He was with Washington at the time of Bur- goyne's surrender. He was afterwards transferred to Sullivan's command. He served through the war with credit, and at its close returned to Vermont, where he lived until 1802, when he removed with his family to Cayuga Co., N. Y.
In 1827 he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he resided until his death, which occurred in May, 1828, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was a man of excellent principles, energetic, and moderately successful in business.
At the age of sixteen Henry D. was thrown upon his
own resources by the death of his father, and by his lahor supported his widowed mother and two younger brothers, one of whom he educated as a physician. In 1834 he was married to Miss Agnes Parker, of Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y. She was born in Con- necticut in May, 1809. She died in November, 1864. The result of this union was five children.
In 1867 he was again married, to Mrs. Lucy Beam, of Albion, N. Y. She was born in Seneca County in 1818.
In 1837, Mr. Hunt came to Michigan, and settled in Genesee, where he purchased eighty acres of land, on which he now resides. Mr. Hunt has been successful in his chosen vocation; to his first purchase he has added two hundred and twenty acres, and he is considered one of the prominent farmers of the county. In his re- ligious and political affiliations he is a Congregationalist and a Republican, and has been a justice of the peace for twenty-four years. He has five children living,- Agnes M., now Mrs. George Seely; Fanny, wife of Henry Lee; and Ira, Emma, and James S.
HIRAM H. BARDWELL, M.D.
RESIDENCE OF HIRAM H. BARDWELL, M. D. MOUNT MORRIS, MICH
GENESEE TOWNSHIP.
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"On the 12th day of April, 1838, tho justices elect for the town of Genesee were classed as follows, to wit : Asa Spencer drew for four years, Albert 11. Hart for three years, J. Hitchcock drew for one year, C. N. Beecher for two years."
The following list of officers of the town comprises all that could be found by a careful examination of both the town and county records. The town records of elections and town business for the years from 1856 to 1869, both inclusive, are not to be found. The list during those years is not, consequently, complete.
CIVIL LIST.
SUPERVISORS.
1838-39. John Pratt.
1856. Charles N. Beecher.
1840. Walter Kittredge.
1857. Wright J. Horton.
1841. Benjamin F. Robinson.
1858-60. Chandler II. Rockwood.
1842. Charles N. Beccher.
1861. Nelson II. Chittenden.
1843. John Pratt.
1862. Marquis F. Baldwin.
1844. Addison Stewart.#
1863-67. Chandler 11. Rockwood. 1868-69. William Johnson.
1815. Reuben MeCreery.
1816. Ellsworth Walkley.
1847-48. Charles N. Bercher.
1871. Abram C. Eldredge.
1819. George Gibson.
1872. Isaac A. Chapman.
1850-52. Charles N. Beecher.
1873-74. Chandler H. Rockwood.
1853-54. Lester P. Stutson.
1875-76. Philo D. Phillips.
1855-56. Josiah W. Begole.f
1877-79. Henry B. Diller.
TOWN CLERKS.
1838-41. Charles N. Beecher.
1860-61. A. R. Bray.
1812-13. Richard Marvin.#
1862-63. R. C. Burroughs.
1×43-44. Moses Camp.
1861. William B. Wetherell.
1815. Ellsworth Walkley.
1865. Hamilton Stanley.
1816. Ifiram Brown.
1866. Nelson Il. Chittenden.
1847. T. Allen Walkley.
1867. T. T. Slafter.
1868-69. R. C. Burroughs.
1870. William B. Wetherell.
1851. Manley Miles, Jr.
1852. A. E. Wilcox.
1872. James B. Murray.
1853-54. Wright J. Horton.
1873-74. Joh Nichols.
1855. A. E. Wilcox.
1875-76. William Sullivan.
1856. Nelson II. Chittenden.
1877-78. Frank Booth.
1857. M. W. Lake.
1879. Edomund D. Hurd.
1858-59. II. A. Goodale.
TOWN TREASURENS.
1839. John Pratt.
1854. Oliver Stanley.
1840. Walter Kittredge.
1855-56. Alanson Burr.
1857-58. Edwin Tanner.
1841. Moses Camp .? ITiram Brown.
1859. M. S. Rogers.
1842. Humphrey Hunt.
1813. Peabody Pratt.
1844. Josinh W. Begole.
1864. Orrin F. Gilbert.
1845. Daniel II. Seeley.
1865-66. Wilham Johnson.
1816. Asabel Simons.
1847. Rodman W. Albro.
1818. Joseph Simons.
1870-71. Jackson Fox.
1819. Russel S. Parker.
1872-74. Hiram A. Gilbert.
1850. A. E. Wilcox.
1875-76. George A. Hutchinson.
1851. Stillman Stanley (2d).
1852. Walter B. Wetherell.
1879. Edwin L. Foote.
# I'mable to attend meeting of the Board, and Moses Camp was appointed, October 12th.
t Removed to Flint, and Charles N. Beecher appointed to fill the vacancy.
# Removed from the town, and Moses Camp appointed to fill tho vaenney, October 20th.
& Resigned November 3d, and Hiram Brown appointed to fill the vneaney.
JI'STICES OF THE PEACE.
1838. Jeremy Ilitcheock (1 yr.). 1 1855. ITerry D. Hunt (v.).
Charles N. Beecher (2 yrs.). Albert II. Hart (3 years). Asa Spencer (4 years).
1856. Wright J. Horton. 1857-58. No record.
1839. Jeremy Hitchcock (f. t.) | Albert II. Ilart (v.)'
1840. Charles N. Beecher (f. t.). Reuben Fish (v.).
1843. Albert JI. Hart.
1842. Iliram Brown.
1843. Ogden Clark.
1841. Daniel HI. Seeley (f. t.). Charles N. Beecher (v.).
1815. Albert JI. Hart.
1846. John Martin.
1847. David Brown.
ISIS. Richard Rich.
1873. Marvin L. Seeley.
1874. Abram Cleveland.
1875. llenry D. Hunt.
1850. Lyman G. Buckingham.
1851. David Brown.
1852. Josiah W. Begolc.
1853. John Imrie.
1878. Hastings E. Drake.
1879. Hiram II. Bardwell.
COLLECTORS.
1838-39. 1 .. G. Buckingham. - 1840-JI. Albert T. Stevens.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1838. Sherman Stanley.
1816. David M. Seymour.
Bushnell Andrews.
Alanson Dickinson.
1817. Nelson Gce (3 years). John Daly (2 years). Timothy Boies (1 year).
1839. Sherman Stanley.
Bushnell Andrews.
IS18. Carlos B. Seeley. 1849. Joseph W. Metcalf.
Humphrey Hunt.
1840. Sherman Stanley.
Nelson il. Chittenden.
1851. Daniel Rich.
Alanson Dickinson.
1852. Reaben MeCreery.
1841. Benjatuin F. Robinson. Manley Miles. Nelson JI. Chittenden.
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